In college I had this marvelous Sociology professor. After taking Sociology 101 from him I decided to get a minor in the subject.His freshman level 101 class was in the major lecture hall which held 600 plus students, so we did not have essay exams but multiple choice. He wrote some of the trickiest multiple choice tests I ever took. There were seldom less than five choices and the instructions said that sometimes two choices would be correct.
Choice E was frequently, but not always, None of the Above. It became somewhat of a rallying call among Varley's students. Any time you heard the phrase on campus you knew they had taken a course from the man. D was often all the above but it just did not have the ring of None of the Above.
Watching the current political contests here in the United States I find myself wanting to scream at the political pundits on television - None of the above! I like it. We should put it on the ballot.
For President
- John McCain - Republican
- Hilary R. Clinton - Democrat
- Mayor Bloomberg - Independent
- None of the above
And just think of the fun when the pollsters call. No longer do you have to meekly reply that you are undecided (and let's face it if they were running a great slate of candidates would you be undecided). Just yell: NONE OF THE ABOVE.
The talking heads on television would be dismayed. "Well, Lou, it appears that the winner of the Iowa caucus will be None of the Above. What do you think that means for the future of the political process here in America?"
That it is broken and we want it fixed. Candidates and their future votes and vetoes should not be open for purchase by the big money interests in this country. And with None of the Above us little insignificant voters, the backbone of the representative republic, can take back our country.
Let's not wait until they get the message. We have write in votes. Write in None of the Above. Tell the pollsters, None of the Above. E-mail the news media with your choice of None of the Above. Why should we have to settle on the least obnoxious candidate for the leader of the less-than-free world? Just say None of the Above.
That would be a great phenomenon. I see remnants of me in your expressions and you're causing me to start thinking outside the box again .. in the sense that I'm noticing the shell of an existence I've had over the past few years .. time for me to start pecking out.
ReplyDeleteThe wonderful thing about all this political madness is it gets my creative juices flowing and brings my passion back. I was that way in 1992 .. and yes, last election I wanted to leave my country from pure embarrassment and dissapointment.
The now pRESIDENT was to give his acceptance blurb and I turned it to Sesame Street.